Rationale: As a senior in the 12th grade at John Marshall High School, every student is required to do a Capstone Project consisting of an 8-12 page research paper and a 15-20 presentation to peers, teachers, and administrators of the JMHS community. The assignment for the presentation is as follows...
Assignment
You are to prepare a 15 to 20 minute presentation on your research findings. This presentation must demonstrate your knowledge of your topic as well as your ability to present information in an organized and scholarly manner. Your presentation must include a powerpoint presentation to reinforce the information you are presenting to your audience. You must ensure that you inform and engage your audience with media and images. Below you will find the MINIMUM requirements for your presentation.
You must clearly state your research question and thesis statement.
You must cover all of the subtopics from your research. (most of you had at least 3)
You must summarize and present your research in a clear and concise manner.
You must use media to enhance and reinforce items from your presentation.
You must effectively communicate concepts and knowledge of topic
You must offer insightful and thoughtful comments about your work.
You must offer concluding remarks as a summation of your work.
and view the voicethread on organizing your presentation.
Powerpoint Screencast This screencast should be used to re familiarize students with how to use microsoft powerpoint on in a Microsoft 2008 suite for a Mac.
Final Presentation Model This is a final presentation model for students to observe and then respond on a googledoc about what they need my help with before their presentations.
Schedule Presentation This is a page where students can schedule their presentation times.
Resources and Useful Links This is a page students can use to reference common questions to fix and use as a reference for creating their project.
Project Documents/Logistics Page
Rationale: As a senior in the 12th grade at John Marshall High School, every student is required to do a Capstone Project consisting of an 8-12 page research paper and a 15-20 presentation to peers, teachers, and administrators of the JMHS community. The assignment for the presentation is as follows...
Assignment
You are to prepare a 15 to 20 minute presentation on your research findings. This presentation must demonstrate your knowledge of your topic as well as your ability to present information in an organized and scholarly manner. Your presentation must include a powerpoint presentation to reinforce the information you are presenting to your audience. You must ensure that you inform and engage your audience with media and images. Below you will find the MINIMUM requirements for your presentation.
The word document for this assignment is here
The rubric for this assignment is here
Below are the links to the student pages for their lessons: